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After 50 Brutalist years, the Annenberg Center plans to stretch out, open up
WHYY (Philadelphia)

After 50 Brutalist years, the Annenberg Center plans to stretch out, open up

Penn Live Arts plans to transform Annenberg Plaza into a new performance space, the Stuart Weitzman Theater, expanding the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for the first time in 51 years.

Green concrete transition has path to credibility in climate law
Bloomberg

Green concrete transition has path to credibility in climate law

Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that the EPA will need to find a way to audit the declarations of green construction companies to avoid potential damage to the entire sector.

Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood?
Farhan Jivraj sits at a desk and looks at the topographic rug in the biophilic room

Can nature-inspired designs affect cognition and mood?

A team from the Center for Neuroaesthetics created a biophilic room to test the idea. Preliminary findings from a small pilot show promise, but also spur many questions about how to best use such a space.

Michele W. Berger, Kelsey Geesler , Michael Grant

Weitzman School of Design receives gift to establish fellowships and global internships for architecture students
A person stands in front of a wall of photos and architectural renderings before a group of seated people.

Master of Architecture student John Dai presents his work to a jury. Aedas Fellows may be able to enhance their pitch and presentation abilities as they participate in competitions as part of their summer internships.

Weitzman School of Design receives gift to establish fellowships and global internships for architecture students

A new gift from Aedas, a global architecture and design firm, will establish a fellowship for architecture students to work in Asia.
Q&A with Rashida Ng, Presidential Associate Professor of Architecture
Lacey Rivera, Rashida Ng, and Sonia Shah talking and walking outside.

Rashida Ng talks with Lacey Rivera (left) and Sonia Shah (right) who are School of Arts and Sciences students taking her seminar on racism and climate change. (Image: Weitzman News)

Q&A with Rashida Ng, Presidential Associate Professor of Architecture

In July, Ng will become chair of the undergraduate architecture program, an opportunity to teach students the responsibilities of architects to the environment and then the social conditions of the world.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Four Penn faculty awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
four faculty faces

Four Penn faculty have been awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship. They are (left to right, top to bottom) Daniel Barber in architecture in the Weitzman School of Design and Kimberly Bowes in classical studies, Guthrie Ramsey in music, and Paul Saint-Amour in English, all in the School of Arts & Sciences.

Four Penn faculty awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

Four faculty have been named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows—Daniel Barber in architecture in the Weitzman School of Design and Kimberly Bowes in classical studies, Guthrie Ramsey in music, and Paul Saint-Amour in English in the School of Arts & Sciences.
Inspiring the next generation of archive scholars
students examine a long scroll in the archive class

Homepage image: Graduate students in the Inside the Archive course look on as Bill Whitaker, the curator and collections manager at the Weitzman School of Design’s Architectural Archives, unfurls an artifact from the Louis Kahn Collection.

Inspiring the next generation of archive scholars

Through Inside the Archive, a course taught by Liliane Weissberg of the School of Arts & Sciences, Penn students explore what an archive is, how history gets written, and what is ahead in a digital future.